Francis "Roy" Crone, 85, died November 19, 2007, at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend. Roy was born February 19, 1922, at White Earth, Minnesota, the son of Roy Harrison and Grace Bevins Crone. On June 26, 1942, he married Hazel "Alberta" Payne at Iola, Kansas. She survives. Roy was a livestock broker and a Barton County resident most of his life. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Great Bend. Survivors include his wife Alberta of the home; two sons, Clifford Crone and Irvin Crone both of Great Bend; four daughters, Virginia Jacobs, Hazel Johnson of rural Pawnee Rock, Darlene Kaupke of Stillwater, Oklahoma and Tammy Hammond of rural Pawnee Rock; one brother, Orville Crone of Fair Oaks, California; twenty-six grandchildren; thirty-four great-grandchildren and seventeen great-great-grandchildren. Roy was preceded in death by a son, George Crone; four brothers, George Crone, Jack Crone, Irvin Crone and Billy Crone; two sisters, Verna McVey and Esther Fowler; and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 23, 2007 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Great Bend with Pastor Jim Martin officiating. Interment will be in the Great Bend Cemetery North, Great Bend. Visitation will be on Wednesday, November 21, 2007, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, November 22, 2007 from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to Rosewood Roots and Wings Foundation in care of the funeral home.